West Oxfordshire population, 2001–2024
West Oxfordshire has an estimated population of 120,941 (mid-2024), up 26.4% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the West Oxfordshire local authority area.
120,941
population, mid-2024
+26.4%
since 2001
+11.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (120,941)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 120,941 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 119,221 | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 117,068 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 115,116 | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 112,534 | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 111,362 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 110,656 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 110,289 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 109,705 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 109,360 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 108,636 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 108,445 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 107,428 | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 105,442 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 104,706 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 103,824 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 103,016 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 102,166 | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 100,316 | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 98,869 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 98,038 | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 97,083 | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 95,961 | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 95,701 | — |
Food businesses
West Oxfordshire has 59 takeaways, 247 restaurants and cafés and 110 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.24 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 4.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the West Oxfordshire local authority area (code E07000181), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.